Background
Dickinson was the son of Major General Thomas Dickinson, of the Honourable East India Company"s Engineers, and of Hurstpierpoint.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
Dickinson was the son of Major General Thomas Dickinson, of the Honourable East India Company"s Engineers, and of Hurstpierpoint.
He was educated at Eton College and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in June 1839.
He was chairman of Board of Guardians at Stroud, and chairman of 2nd Court of Quarter Sessions for Gloucestershire. He was a Justice of the Peace for Gloucestershire and a captain in the 5th Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteers. He was also a Fellow of the Heraldry Society and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
He was re-elected at the 1874 general election, but in April 1874 his election was declared void.
Dickinson married Frances Stephana Hyett, daughter of William Henry Hyett of Painswick House, Gloucestershire in 1856. He died at the age of 63.
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At the 1868 general election Dickinson was elected as a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Stroud.